Mediation, Resistance, and Resolve: Critical Pedagogy and Multicultural Education in a Cross-Cultural Context

Abstract

This reflective article describes an international teacher education workshop in a Central American country. The process of designing a workshop based on critical pedagogy and multicultural education in an international setting is explained. An examination of the attitudes, actions, and assumptions of the Ministry of Education officials from the Central American country, the teachers attending the workshop, and the presenters of the workshops reveals the complex ways that oppression operates in a given society. Reflections from the presenters reveal the challenges and possibilities associated with international, multicultural teacher education.